"The Empress Dowager decrees that the insurance regiment of my Shandong Chamber of Commerce will be officially reorganized into the new army of the Qing Dynasty, and it will be temporarily organized into a town of 10,000 people." In fact, many people were present at the time when the old battalion passed the decree, but after all, this meeting was to determine the establishment and personnel, and the personnel were no trivial matter, and it was more appropriate to convey it in place. Hearing that the army was going to be expanded, the six King Kongs under their hands behaved differently, Du Zicheng and Wu Luzhen all had an excited expression, and the military cadets of the two academy cards naturally hoped to become a regular army, and the more they were, the better. Lao Wei and He Lao Ba are also relatively happy, compared to the previous regimental training of arms, it is just the armed family who cares for the house, but now once it is reorganized into the new army, not to mention anything else, there is always a pair of military attachés of five or six grades. Xiao Mingfeng and Yang Shihai are relatively indifferent, Xiao Mingfeng has joined for a short time, he is young, and he knows that he can't compare with other detachment leaders, plus he has always liked to mingle with soldiers in the team, and the adaptation doesn't seem to have much impact on him, but although Yang Shihai is recommended by Boss Meng, he was born in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province and is a top student of Kaiping Military Academy, why did he give up the sentry commander of the Jiangsu New Army and was willing to work in a regiment to train and work in the armed forces, I have not been very understanding, However, Yang Shihai's training with troops is as good as Wu Luzhen and Du Zicheng, and he didn't find anything wrong with him.

"Now we are raising salaries on the spot like the Wuwei Right Army, with the guarantee of the Chamber of Commerce, money and food are not worried, and the Shandong Repair Institute is about to be handed over to Beiyang, but the complete set of gun production equipment of the Manchester City Arsenal and the bullet assembly line of the Mauser Factory have been debugged and will be mass-produced next month. We will face guns and other people rather than people waiting for guns, you are all the backbone of the future armed forces of the new army, how to expand the army and strengthen the army will be an unshirkable heavy task. Let's discuss how to expand the army, shall we? "I first set the tone for the conference, that is, to discuss how to expand the establishment, and to make it clear that everyone's status as veterans of the new army in the armed wing in the future, several captains are all aware of it, and naturally devote themselves wholeheartedly to the discussion on how to expand the army while ensuring that the combat effectiveness does not decline significantly.

"I'll throw bricks and lead the jade first" Wei Keren is one of the founders of the insurance group, although after returning to Jinan, he gradually faded out of daily training under my instructions, and now his status may not be in the forefront, but the identity of the old captain makes him more detached, don't worry about causing the suspicion of other captains, he is the most suitable to take the lead, this is also what I talked to him privately yesterday, I don't care what his opinion is, but I hope he can get off to a good start. "I thought about it for a while, and we have experienced the expansion of the army a few times. I am in favor of unified recruitment and training in the original way, with adults assigning them to set up recruitment stations in the areas where the soldiers come from, and setting up recruit corps and even new barracks for centralized training. After three months to six months of training, they are assigned to various units, and each unit expands the army by mixing the old with the new and mixing sand. After speaking, Lao Wei sat down, looking forward to the opinions of the other captains.

"I agree with Captain Wei's opinion" Du Zicheng also raised his hand, and I nodded in agreement with him standing up and speaking. "First of all, we are all familiar with this method, and it is less risky to operate. Secondly, veterans in the army can play a backbone role, and the combat effectiveness decreases less, and the recovery is faster. But there are drawbacks. Speaking of this, Du Zicheng paused for a moment, looked at my expression, and I smiled and motioned for him to continue, "The first is that the cycle of army expansion will be relatively long, and the ratio of new and old cannot exceed 3:1, otherwise the troops will be scattered." The second is that centralized training requires a large number of professional junior instructors, which of course can be used as squad leaders and veterans, but it will also affect the combat effectiveness of the troops, and if there are too many transfers, it will be difficult for the old troops to accept new recruits. That's my opinion. ”

He Laoba also raised his hand, he was basically a stuffy gourd in meetings. "I think it's like we have apprentices in the mine, a master leads an apprentice, and we teach them by hand, and ten can teach eight * nine. But if a master leads a class of more than a dozen little apprentices, it depends on the individual's creation, and it's okay to mess up a dozen or so. This is also the case with this unit, and I am actually half-baked in artillery, but I can bring all the soldiers I bring when playing explosives, but if you want me to bring out a team of qualified gunners, none of them will be dreamy for three or four years. I thought that this master was the most important thing. ”

Wu Luzhen got my consent and also spoke, "Captains, what you say is extremely true. In fact, I compared the training model of Japan and the Wuwei Right Army, and I think that the Japanese recruit soldiers on the spot and train together after enlisting in the army, which takes too long, but the training is all elite soldiers. The soldiers of the Wuwei Right Army are uneven, that is, they are incorporated into the team without systematic training after enlistment, and they are all based on their personal understanding and diligence, a bit like, well, a bit like herding sheep, anyway, they love to eat or not to eat grass, and they all help individuals. It is a good way to enlist in the army for centralized training, and then hand over the basic qualities to the army and then bring the old with the new, just like the iron ore goes into the furnace, and the iron billet is practiced and then handed over to the blacksmiths for forging, which saves effort and is effective, but now we are short of instructors. I pondered that I could borrow a batch from the Wuwei Right Army first, I said hello to my classmates, Lao Du, you also have to write to the classmates of Tianjin Wubei, see if you can find more people? ”

"Yes, but isn't it too slow, after all, it's going to be recruiting soldiers in the winter soon." Du Zicheng was very cooperative, but he was also worried that far water would not quench his thirst.

"It's a little slower, but isn't it a rush that I can't think of" Wu Luzhen looked unhappy, he also understood that Du Zicheng was also for business, but the competition between the two has always existed, and the other captains are just pretending to be confused. But I know that both of them are masters of the overall situation, and I am not worried that they will tear each other down.

"This instructor won't be able to hold him for a while, so let's look for it. There are instructors in the army of foreigners, but unfortunately we can't understand their bird language, otherwise let old Alfred help find a group of British instructors... That, that, just when I didn't say it" Xiao Mingfeng also felt a little slow, but there was no way. He opened his mouth, causing Du Zicheng to glare at him twice, and his voice became lower, he was still very afraid of his master.

I was also very worried, "Foreigner instructors, the officers taught by British Army instructors are not suitable for our team, and it is okay to teach recruits, but if there are fewer people, it will not be used, and if there are more people, this money can be spent." "Suddenly there was a flash of inspiration, by the way, didn't the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army find a group of free instructors? In a year, not only has the regularization of the troops been greatly improved, but even the planes and tanks have been drummed, and two of the five aces have been beaten to a pulp, and they have not understood until they break up, how can they always feel that they are fighting against the Kwantung Army. "What about the Japanese instructors?" I asked suddenly, and everyone stopped arguing and looked at me with a blank expression, "Although Lu Shi's teaching materials are old-fashioned, the basic training of the little nose is still very reasonable, we have a large number of free Japanese instructors in our hands, don't waste it." I said with a wicked smile on my face.

"My lord, do you mean that those "Wu Luzhen understood first" in Lashan, but they were either injured and captured by us, or they were stunned, and they suffered a lot of sins along the way, I'm afraid they can't agree to teach our soldiers. ”

"What are you afraid of, my lord, it's a big deal to chop a few people who dare to blow up their hair, I'm not afraid that I won't be able to scare them." He Laoba acted as a bandit, making Wu Luzhen pout.

"No, the mountain people have their own clever plans, and Guan Bao let the Japanese obediently be instructors." I have Du Niang, I don't need low-level things like the Three Corpses Brain Pill, I don't need to go directly to high-end goods, and there are not many finished mental control drugs, but the formula and ingredients are ready-made, and now Fushou * paste is sold all over the street, and I have some upgraded health care products such as Anfei * He Ming is not too much, even if these little devils have a good life, such high-end things can be enjoyed in advance, and they are not dead.

The issue of instructors has come to an end, and everyone unanimously raised their hands and decided to adopt the basic steps of expanding the army: recruit children from good families who are healthy, have a clean family background, and have no bad habits. Then three new battalions were formed, each with 350 men and 30 instructors, of which no less than five were instructors of the insurance regiment. A three-month short training will be sufficient, with basic queues, rules and regulations, marching, and basic shooting techniques, and as for tactical skills, they will go to each squad to learn from veterans, and at the same time, they will also begin to teach martial arts with the battalion to train qualified non-commissioned officers at the grassroots level. In this way, no less than 2,000 recruits can be trained in half a year, plus the 1,000 veterans of the current insurance regiment, and then some officers can be recruited, plus promoted non-commissioned officers, and a cooperative frame can be basically erected. At that time, each detachment will be expanded into battalions and a six-battalion system will be established as a leftist association of the new armed wing army. Each infantry battalion has about 5*00 people, and the formation is 4 infantry teams and 1 fire team. It was equipped with 450 rifles, 3 Makqin machine guns, 6 explosive pack projectiles, and 10 imitation Japanese-style 89 grenadier canisters (at that time, the gasoline bottle projectile made in order to enter Beijing to rescue the emergency was too child's play, so it was cancelled and sealed and stored). In addition, the artillery team was expanded into an artillery team, with an establishment of about 5*00 people, equipped with 6 Krupp 70mm mountain guns in 1898 (Wadsey agreed to sell them to me at half price to rescue the hostages, in fact, the hostages were under my control, so basically the Germans sold me eighty percent of the new mountain guns according to the price of their own equipment. ), 3 77mm Italian-made cannons (brought to China by the Italian army, but Beijing fell without a chance to open fire, and the Italians, who were good at calculation, felt that transporting them back was also a return to the furnace, so they simply sold them to me through Lihe and the foreign company with 800 shells), 10 Makqin machine guns, and 12 long-barreled explosive pack projectiles (equivalent to the length of two iron barrels, with slightly higher accuracy, mainly used for front-line obstacle breaking). As a matter of fact, this inconspicuous preparatory meeting, which was drowned in many meetings, just laid down a characteristic that the later national defense force was different from any other warlord army, that is, it abandoned the feudal army model of "soldiers for the generals" of big warlords and small warlords, unified recruitment, unified training, and distribution and use, so that the control of middle and senior officers over the grass-roots officers and soldiers was greatly reduced, and apart from their duties and powers, officers had almost nothing to control soldiers and non-commissioned officers. The development of specialization and ideological education in the army completely eliminated the possibility of large-scale rebellion and splitting the army, and the army was the mainstay of stabilizing the country until the founding of the People's Republic of China.

As for the recruit battalion commander, I plan not to use the current detachment leader, but Yang Shihai, Zhang Shaozeng and Lan Tianwei, all three of whom have good Japanese. After the discussion in the morning came to an end, I took advantage of the lunch break to quickly go to the official room with Wu Luzhen to meet the famous "Three Heroes of the Later Non-commissioned Officers" in later generations. Looking at Zhang Shaozeng and Lan Tianwei who were waiting for tea in the official room, I just wanted to shout "Come to the bowl".